Signed And Sealed

clipped from volokh.com But Mr. Obama has not issued a signing statement since last summer, when one claim set off a bipartisan uproar in Congress. And the administration has decided that Mr. Obama will sometimes sign bills containing provisions it deems problematic without issuing a signing statement that challenges those sections. Still, the administration will consider itself free to disregard new laws it considers unconstitutional, especially in cases where it has previously voiced objections elsewhere, officials said. It sounds like the Administration will still let Congress know its objections (at least on occasion) in official (but nonpublic, or at least not widely distributed) statements known as Statements of Administration Policy.